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Boston Globe - Entertainment

ODIE HENDERSON REVIEW | ★★★1/2 -- 'The Sheep Detectives' is a lamb good movie -- Hugh Jackman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus lead an all star cast in this surprisingly effective murder mystery that will delight ewe.

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Guitar gurus Joe Satriani and Steve Vai unite as the SATCHVAI Band - The lifelong friends, who have united for the first time as bandmates and co-songwriters, will perform at Leader Bank Pavilion Wednesday.

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New PBS documentary captures 'Rebel' W.E.B. Du Bois in all his complexity

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Literary world responds after ambassador for Young People's Literature said '94.7 percent of kids books' are 'crud'

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Felicity Lott, elegant soprano in opera and song, dies at 79 - "She disappears inside whatever she is singing," a Boston Globe reviewer recounted.

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BOOK REVIEW -- The quiet man whose comic strips spoke to and for a generation -- It seems as if "Doonesbury" has been with us forever. First syndicated in 1970, the year that Garry Trudeau graduated from Yale, "Doonesbury" has covered every war from Vietnam to the current "short-term excursion."

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TV CRITIC'S CORNER -- PBS gears up for the 250th with a rebroadcast of 'The Revolutionary War' -- The network will also re-air some of its other programming that touches on American history, particularly around the Revolutionary War.

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All the movies you'll watch this summer

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10 NEW SHOWS TO WATCH THIS SUMMER

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Read more from our Summer Arts Guide

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your tv gps - This week's TV: A Wanda Sykes comedy special, Tatiana Maslany in 'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,' and more - Plus, a new animated comedy from the makers of "Big Mouth."

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Judith Barnard, of best-selling 'Judith Michael' fame, dies at 94 -- Ms. Barnard and her husband, Michael Fain, tossed aside their careers to form a writing partnership that cranked out a series of commercially successful novels.

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La CASA opens its doors with a weekend of bomba, salsa, and art -- La CASA was created to become a space that celebrates and gives a platform for Latino art and culture.

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Adults relive the camaraderie of youth at band camps for grown-ups

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'SNL': Will Ferrell hosts season finale, Paul McCartney performs

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The best local book events this week

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Author Ann Patchett urges a 'breath' for books as PEN gala raises $2M amid ban surge

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Koji Suzuki, sometimes called the Stephen King of Japan, dies at 68

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Mural being painted in Nashua's Renaissance Park features nod to city's French-Canadian heritage

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Smithsonian adds back impeachment language to label on Trump portrait

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The 'Battlestar Galactica' reboot was a timely show about terrorism. It was also just good TV.

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The Mandalorian, Grogu...and Martin Scorsese?

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80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer

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Inside the 'Lincoln' symphony that Philip Glass pulled from Trump's Kennedy Center

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Five new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

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Claire Maurier, the narcissistic mother in '400 Blows,' dies at 97

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Maria Menounos opens up about her brain tumor, cancer, diabetes diagnosis, and her mission to help others

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Clarence Carter, soul singer known for 'Patches' and 'Strokin',' dies at 90

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A gripping update to Greek tragedy in Huntington's 'Oedipus El Rey'

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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Chaka Khan, and Vince Gill enter National Recording Registry

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